Abstract: Tuberculosis is a chronic infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The high financial burden and high incidence rate of tuberculosis have become a critical public health problem in China. Isoniazid, as one of the important first-line drugs in the treatment of clinical patients, drug resistance is becoming increasingly serious because of the lack of standard treatment. At present, the main mechanism of isoniazid resistance is known as gene mutation. How to detect drug resistance gene effectively and accurately is the key to control tuberculosis. In this article, we analyzed the frequent genes (katG, inhA, ndh, ahpC and oxyR) and novel genes (kasA, sigI, furA, mabA, iniABC and efpA) from the perspective of molecular biology, and summarized their diagnostic methods.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Isoniazid, drug resistance gene, molecular diagnosis, review